Valentine’s Day Recipes to Surprise Your Sweetie – From Sunrise to Sunset

Show your sweetie your love for them with these sweet and savory dishes this valentine’s day. Fill their day with these delicious and easy dishes from sunrise to sunset!

This Valentine’s Day we’ve got your cheat-sheet to surprise your sweetie-pie! These recipes are easy and delicious with a made-from-scratch taste but without all the work! The secret ingredient of course, is love – don’t be shy with it!

Surprise your significant other from sunrise to sunset with a breakfast in bed, lover’s lunch, and a decadent dinner date with delicious chocolate covered popcorn to munch in the evening (maybe with a good action flick or rom-com). All paired, of course, with unique cocktails to toast to your love. And if you’re single? Well we say that’s even better – more for you and no need to share!

BREAKFAST IN BED

Chocolate Raspberry Pancakes with Boozy Jam

No need to get out your measuring cups for these pancakes and you can also leave your flour in the cupboard! These delicious pancakes are packed with protein and made even more delicious with chocolate, fruit, sweet butter brulée and some of our favorite boozy jams!

Prepare the batter in a waffle maker (if you want waffles) or put the batter into a Ziploc bag, cut off one of the corners, and squeeze the batter out into heart shapes on griddle or pan. It’s okay if they’re not perfect, the imperfections will be prove you made them yourself!

Sweeten your morning cup of tea or coffee with a Stroopie on top! The stroopwafel is a famous Dutch delight! It is a cinnamon cookie made in a waffle press with a home-made caramel sauce. The steam from your morning cup will melt the caramel inside to make the perfect ooey-gooey treat. Great way to start of valentine’s day with your sweetie!

Put the chicken in a gallon-size, zipper-top plastic bag. Add the oil to the bag, seal it, and toss and turn the chicken pieces inside the bag until they are well coated.

Mix all of the spices in a small bowl. Add the spice mixture to the bag, seal it, and toss and rub the chicken through the bag to coat well with the spices. Refrigerate the chicken in the bag for at least 4 hours and up to 24 hours.

Heat a grill to about 400 degrees F. Grill 5 to 6 minutes per side, until the chicken is cooked through but still tender. Remove from the grill, drizzle with chocolate espresso balsamic and serve.

In the meantime peel potatoes, slice them, using a small metal cookie cutter cut out as many hearts as you can. If you get tired of cutting out hearts, you can make half of them cubes. Reserve scraps in water, you can also par-cook scraps or make mashed potatoes.

In an ice-filled shaker add the first five ingredients. Shake well and strain into an ice filled glass. Top with soda water.

DINNER DATE

Cherry Dessert Pizza & Chocolate Covered Popcorn

What’ better than pizza? Dessert pizza! It’s sweet and substantial, and perfect for Valentine’s Day – not just because of its pink color, but because you’ll love it almost as much as the person you’re sharing it with!

Rim a cocktail glass with sugar. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice and add all ingredients. Shake well and strain into the glass Garnish with a cherry.

SWEET AND EASY – DESSERT!

If all else fails, these two desserts are perfect to make together with your significant other on valentine’s day and super delicious! Colorful cookies with all the dry ingredients already measured out, and not your typical, run of the mill s’mores that have everything you need in a cute kit!

Add 1 tablespoon lavender simple syrup to a champagne flute. Pour in champagne and top with peach juice. (I typically do one part champagne to one part peach juice but you can create based on your own taste)

Evona is a passionate foodie, entrepreneur and the founder of Undiscovered Kitchen, a digital farmer’s market for small batch, specialty foods! She loves discovering new foods from around the country and talking to the artisans who make them.